Director and Writer Paul Trillo: „Our „A Love Letter To LA“ a collaboration with LA music artist Cuco and visual artist Paul Flores. At Asteria Film Co, we are focused on bridging the traditional with the bleeding edge. This project was a perfect example of the convergence done in an ethical way by working with illustrations, 2D animators and training our own models. We believe this hybrid approach is the future of animation.„
A breakthrough in animation by combining traditional 2D animation with the bleeding edge of experimental AI tools. „A Love Letter to Los Angeles“ is a collaboration with music artist Cuco and was initiated by Microsoft and TBA Agency to find creative new uses for AI. At Asteria Film Co, we assembled a team of over 20 people including lead artist Paul Flores, 2D animators from around the world, 3D generalists and AI animators and VFX artists to create a seamless animated visual trip. The goal was to create something that harkened back to the animation from the 90s that grew up with and still love. To create something completely new and nostalgic and hopefully something that transcends the technology itself.
Credits:
Writer & Director: Paul Trillo
Original Art: Paul Flores
Artist: Cuco
Produced by Asteria
Producer: Douglas Emerson
Project Coordinator: Carley Burgess
Studio Manager: Benjamin Michel
Lead Animator: Eric Foster
2D Animators: Juan Lage, Nicolás Marsá
Additional Animation: Mohamed Fadera, Abel Barriga
3D Animation: Oszkar Nosek
Compositing: Paul Trillo, Joel Lava, David Craig, Eric Solorio
Editorial: David Craig
Sound Design: Douglas Emerson
AI Model Training: Minta Karlsson, Timothy Bielec
Generative Ink & Paint: Brad Tucker, Trent Hunter, AI Warper
AI Animation & Style Transfer: Brad Tucker, Trent Hunter, AI Warper, Oszkar Nosek, Yasir Masood, Jahmel Reynolds
Production: Asteria Film Co., Hatch Pictures AI
Agency: TBA Agency, Rhizome, The Department
Special Thanks: Eddie Bezalel, Bryn Mooser, Verne Patrick